Images: Cuba in mourning following death of Fidel Castro

Cuban leader Fidel Castro died Friday night after battling illness for many years.

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The people of Cuba will observer 9 days of mourning to remember Fidel Castro.

PHOTO: AP Photo/ Ramon Espinosa

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People with images of Fidel Castro gather one day after his death in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, Nov. 26, 2016.

PHOTO: AP Photo/ Ramon Espinosa

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Former teacher Adis Tamayo reads the Juventud Rebelde newspaper with the latest news on the death of Castro, on a street in Havana.

PHOTO: AP Photo/Desmond Boylan

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Tamayo cries as she mourns Castro's death.

PHOTO: AP Photo/ Rebecca Blackwell

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Rafaela Vargas mourns the death of former President Fidel Castro at the entrance of her home as her husband Mario Vilasuso hangs a Cuban flag in the Vedado neighborhood in Havana.

PHOTO: AP Photo/ Desmond Boylan

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The Spanish and European Union flags fly at half-mast at Spain's embassy in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, Nov. 26, 2016, the day after Fidel Castro's death.

PHOTO: AP Photo/Desmond Boylan

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Men hang a Cuban flag at the Foreign Relations Ministry in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, Nov. 26, 2016, the day after Fidel Castro's death.

PHOTO: AP Photo/ Desmond Boylan

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The Cuban flag flies at half-mast outside the Museum of the Revolution, formerly the presidential palace, in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, Nov. 26, 2016, one day after Fidel Castro's death.

PHOTO: AP Photo / Ramon Espinosa

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An image of Fidel Castro and a Cuban flag are displayed in honor of the late leader one day after he died, inside the foreign ministry in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, Nov. 26, 2016.

PHOTO: AP Photo / Ramon Espinosa

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An image of Fidel Castro hangs on a building in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, Nov. 26, 2016.

PHOTO: AP Photo/ Ramon Espinosa

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Cuban President Fidel Castro smiles as he smokes a cigar during a press conference in a 1978 photo. The Cohiba cigar will turn 30 on Friday, Feb. 28th. The Cohiba cigar was the first created under a Communist Cuba. A celebration is planned in Havana to celebrate the birthday. The Cohiba is still today one of the most sought after cigars by smokers.

Cuban leader Fidel Castro died Friday night after battling illness for many years.

PHOTO: AP Photo

The people of Cuba will observer 9 days of mourning to remember Fidel Castro.

PHOTO: AP Photo/ Ramon Espinosa

People with images of Fidel Castro gather one day after his death in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, Nov. 26, 2016.

PHOTO: AP Photo/ Ramon Espinosa

Former teacher Adis Tamayo reads the Juventud Rebelde newspaper with the latest news on the death of Castro, on a street in Havana.

PHOTO: AP Photo/Desmond Boylan

Tamayo cries as she mourns Castro's death.

PHOTO: AP Photo/ Rebecca Blackwell

Rafaela Vargas mourns the death of former President Fidel Castro at the entrance of her home as her husband Mario Vilasuso hangs a Cuban flag in the Vedado neighborhood in Havana.

PHOTO: AP Photo/ Desmond Boylan

The Spanish and European Union flags fly at half-mast at Spain's embassy in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, Nov. 26, 2016, the day after Fidel Castro's death.

PHOTO: AP Photo/Desmond Boylan

Men hang a Cuban flag at the Foreign Relations Ministry in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, Nov. 26, 2016, the day after Fidel Castro's death.

PHOTO: AP Photo/ Desmond Boylan

The Cuban flag flies at half-mast outside the Museum of the Revolution, formerly the presidential palace, in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, Nov. 26, 2016, one day after Fidel Castro's death.

PHOTO: AP Photo / Ramon Espinosa

An image of Fidel Castro and a Cuban flag are displayed in honor of the late leader one day after he died, inside the foreign ministry in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, Nov. 26, 2016.

PHOTO: AP Photo / Ramon Espinosa

An image of Fidel Castro hangs on a building in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, Nov. 26, 2016.

PHOTO: AP Photo/ Ramon Espinosa

Cuban President Fidel Castro smiles as he smokes a cigar during a press conference in a 1978 photo. The Cohiba cigar will turn 30 on Friday, Feb. 28th. The Cohiba cigar was the first created under a Communist Cuba. A celebration is planned in Havana to celebrate the birthday. The Cohiba is still today one of the most sought after cigars by smokers.

Cuban leader Fidel Castro died Friday night after battling illness for many years.

PHOTO: AP Photo

The people of Cuba will observer 9 days of mourning to remember Fidel Castro.

PHOTO: AP Photo/ Ramon Espinosa

People with images of Fidel Castro gather one day after his death in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, Nov. 26, 2016.

PHOTO: AP Photo/ Ramon Espinosa

Former teacher Adis Tamayo reads the Juventud Rebelde newspaper with the latest news on the death of Castro, on a street in Havana.

PHOTO: AP Photo/Desmond Boylan

Tamayo cries as she mourns Castro's death.

PHOTO: AP Photo/ Rebecca Blackwell

Rafaela Vargas mourns the death of former President Fidel Castro at the entrance of her home as her husband Mario Vilasuso hangs a Cuban flag in the Vedado neighborhood in Havana.

PHOTO: AP Photo/ Desmond Boylan

The Spanish and European Union flags fly at half-mast at Spain's embassy in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, Nov. 26, 2016, the day after Fidel Castro's death.

PHOTO: AP Photo/Desmond Boylan

Men hang a Cuban flag at the Foreign Relations Ministry in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, Nov. 26, 2016, the day after Fidel Castro's death.

PHOTO: AP Photo/ Desmond Boylan

The Cuban flag flies at half-mast outside the Museum of the Revolution, formerly the presidential palace, in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, Nov. 26, 2016, one day after Fidel Castro's death.

PHOTO: AP Photo / Ramon Espinosa

An image of Fidel Castro and a Cuban flag are displayed in honor of the late leader one day after he died, inside the foreign ministry in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, Nov. 26, 2016.

PHOTO: AP Photo / Ramon Espinosa

An image of Fidel Castro hangs on a building in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, Nov. 26, 2016.

PHOTO: AP Photo/ Ramon Espinosa

Cuban President Fidel Castro smiles as he smokes a cigar during a press conference in a 1978 photo. The Cohiba cigar will turn 30 on Friday, Feb. 28th. The Cohiba cigar was the first created under a Communist Cuba. A celebration is planned in Havana to celebrate the birthday. The Cohiba is still today one of the most sought after cigars by smokers.